Northeast Sea Grant Regional Fisheries Experts

The Fisheries Extension experts of the Northeast Regional Sea Grant programs work collaboratively on fisheries issues as well as independently in their own states.
 
 
Nancy C. Balcom
Connecticut Sea Grant Extension Program Leader, Associate Extension Educator, Fisheries
Topics: HACCP, ANS, seafood and vessel safety
Tel: (860) 405-9107
E-mail: nancy.balcom@uconn.edu
Biography

Rollie Barnaby
New Hampshire Sea Grant Extension Educator
Topics: Open ocean aquaculture, fisheries comanagement
Tel: (603) 679-5616
Fax: (603) 679-8070
E-mail: rollie.barnaby@unh.edu

Chris Bartlett
Maine Sea Grant Marine Extension Associate
Topics: Capture fisheries and aquaculture
Tel: (207) 853-2518,
Fax: (207) 853-0940
E-mail: cbartlett@maine.edu
Biography
Beutel David Beutel
Rhode Island Sea Grant Fisheries Extension Specialist
Topics: Selective fishing gear, shellfish aquaculture
Tel: (401) 874-7152
Fax: (401) 789-8930
E-mail: dbeutel@uri.edu
Biography

Kathleen Castro
Co-leader, Rhode Island Sea Grant Sustainable Fisheries Extension Program
Northeast Sea Grant Fisheries Coordinator
National Chair, Sea Grant Fisheries Extension and Coordination Committee
Topics: Behavior and ecology, fisheries management, habitat and resource enhancement, SCUBA diving
Tel: (401) 874-5063
Fax: (401) 789-8930
E-mail: kcastro@uri.edu
Biography

Antoinette Clemetson
New York Sea Grant Marine Fisheries Specialist
Topics: Recreational fishing
Tel: (631) 727-3910
Fax: (631) 369-5944
E-mail: aoc5@cornell.edu

Ken Gall
New York Sea Grant Seafood Technology Specialist
Topics: Seafood safety and quality, HACCP, regulations, seafood processing, marketing, consumer education
Tel: (631) 632-8730
Fax: (631) 632-8216
E-mail: klg9@cornell.edu
  Clifford Goudey
Marine Advisory Leader and Director of the Center for Fisheries Engineering Research
Tel: (617) 253-7079
E-mail: cgoudey@mit.edu
  Madeleine Hall-Arber
Marine Social Studies Specialist and Manager of the Center for Marine Social Sciences
Tel: (617) 253-9308
E-mail: arber@mit.edu
Sherman Hoyt
Maine Sea Grant Fisheries Outreach Coordinator
Topics: Community development work, fisheries outreach, co-management in Maine's urchin and lobster fisheries, and community-based management in Maine's soft-shell clam fishery
Tel: (800) 244-2104 (in ME) or (207) 832-2343
Fax: (207) 832-0377
E-mail: shoyt@umext.maine.edu
Biography

Pingguo He

UNH Cooperative Extension/New Hampshire Sea Grant Research
Topics: Fish behavior, fish swimming, fish reaction, fishing gear, fisheries engineering, fisheries conservation, fishing gear selectivity, bycatch, discard, underwater observations.

Tel: (603) 862-3154

E-mail: pingguo.he@unh.edu

Biography

Ken La Valley
Extension Faculty, Commercial Fisheries
UNH Cooperative Extension/New Hampshire Sea Grant
Topics: Fishing gear technology transfer to industry and management, facilitating cooperative research partnerships, seafood safety and quality control, fish physiology and behavior
Tel: (603) 862-4343
E-mail: ken.lavalley@unh.edu
Nim Lee
New York Sea Grant Recreational Fisheries Specialist
Topics: Recreational fishing
Tel: (718) 482-4940
Fax: (718) 482-4502
E-mail: nslee@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Dana Morse
Maine Sea Grant Marine Extension Associate
Tel: (207) 563-3146, ext. 205,
Fax: (207) 563-3119
E-mail: dana.morse@maine.edu
Biography
  Malynda J. Nichol
New York Sea Grant Recreational Fisheries Specialist
c/o NYS DEC Division of Water
Topics: Recreational fishing
Tel: (631) 444-0283
Fax: (631) 444-0407
E-mail: mjn36@cornell.edu
Lori Pivarnik
Rhode Island Sea Grant Seafood Extension Specialist
Topics: Seafood quality, seafood safety, regulations, HACCP, industrial and consumer education
Tel: (401) 874-2972
E-mail: pivarnik@uri.edu
Biography

Robert Pomeroy
Connecticut Sea Grant College Fisheries Extension Specialist
Topics: Marine resource economics and policy, specifically small-scale fisheries management and development, coastal zone management, aquaculture economics, international development, policy analysis, and seafood marketing

Tel: (860) 405-9215
E-mail: rpomeroy@canr.uconn.edu
Biography

Laura Skrobe
Co-leader, Rhode Island Sea Grant Sustainble Fisheries Extension Program
Topics: Selective fishing gear, stock assessment, bycatch reduction
Tel: (401) 874-9360
Fax: (401) 789-8930
E-mail: lskrobe@uri.edu
Biography
Barbara Somers
Rhode Island Sea Grant Fisheries Extension Specialist
Topics: Lobster ecology and behavior, fisheries management, SCUBA diving, habitat enhancement
Tel: (401) 874-2012
Fax: (401) 789-8930
E-mail: barbs@uri.edu
Biography
Kristen Whiting-Grant
Maine Sea Grant Marine Extension Associate
Topics:
Tel: (207) 646-1555, ext. 115,
Fax: (207) 646-2930
E-mail: kristen.whiting-grant@maine.edu

Biography